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UK
/ɐnˈaɪəlˌeɪt/
]
[ US /əˈnaɪəˌɫeɪt/ ]
[ US /əˈnaɪəˌɫeɪt/ ]
VERB
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kill in large numbers
the plague wiped out an entire population
How To Use annihilate In A Sentence
- When an antineutron collides with a beryllium nucleus, it annihilates one neutron, and the mutual annihilation releases around nine times the energy of a fissioning uranium atom. Mother Of Storms
- It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate his power of reason.
- That is, a flying disk that will "locate defiladed combatants in complex urban terrain" and annihilate them using a bunker-buster warhead. Pentagon to Cities: Drop Dead
- The heavy bombing almost annihilated the town.
- Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor v2. 500 to v2. 501 English Patch Fixes - Fixed an issue where a glider shot down in mid-air would prevent the commonwealth faction from being 'annihilated' - Fixed an issue where the game could crash if a player was alt-tabbed during ... 2404 - PC Gaming
- Similarly, neither the Titans nor Dionysos are destroyed or annihilated by Zeus' thunderbolt; they, as Chaos, persist.
- Our aim was to free the public from tyrannical and illegal behaviour, to annihilate anarchy and strengthen the central government.
- To give the master a _right_ to sell his servant, would annihilate the servant's right of choice in his own disposal; but says the objector, To give the master a right to _buy_ a servant, equally annihilates the servant's _right of choice_. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4
- The anti-Japanese organizations have been dissolved, and all other civil and Internet anti-Japanese movements are being destroyed and annihilated.
- To give the master a _right_ to sell his servant, would annihilate the servant's right of choice in his own disposal; but says the objector, "to give the master a right to _buy_ a servant, equally annihilates the servant's _right of choice_. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4